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EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER 71

April 14, 2020, Three Days Later

FRANKLIN KELSEY WAS ONE of the country’s wealthiest arch conservatives. He supported any number of right-wing causes and organizations, both directly and as the founder of the companion Red Crier Magazine and Red Crier Online. He was one of President Baker’s five largest donors. Without any byline, the following identical “news” bulletin copy appeared in the April 14, 2020, weekly and daily issues of Red Crier Magazine and Red Crier Online:

IN AN EXCLUSIVE FROM AN ANONYMOUS SOURCE NOT AUTHORIZED TO SPEAK BECAUSE OF THE SENSITIVITY OF THE MATTER, IT WAS CONFIRMED TO RED CRIER TODAY THAT JAKE KLEIN, AN ACCOMPLISHED COMPUTER SCIENCES MAJOR AT SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY, HAS REPORTEDLY DEVELOPED SOPHISTICATED SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY THAT HE PLANS TO USE TO ALTER THE UPCOMING NOVEMBER ELECTION RESULTS IN FAVOR OF SEVERAL DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES, INCLUDING LOGAN SULLIVAN, EXPECTED TO SOON LOCK UP ENOUGH PRIMARY DELEGATES TO BECOME THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT. ONE OF KLEIN’S PROFESSORS AT SCSU, MATTHEW CARTER, WHO HAS CLOSELY MENTORED KLEIN AND IS KNOWN TO BE A LEADING PROGRESSIVE MEMBER OF SCSU, TOLD RED CRIER THAT KLEIN, WHOSE COMMAND OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY IS UNPARALLELED, IS SOMEWHAT OF A LONER, BUT HAS SHARED WITH CARTER HIS STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE REELECTION OF PRESIDENT BAKER. “IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME THAT HE WOULD DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS,” CARTER SAID. THE OFFICE OF STUDENT AFFAIRS AT THE UNIVERSITY SAID THAT THE PRIVACY RIGHTS OF ITS STUDENTS PRECLUDE IT FROM COMMENTING ON A STORY LIKE THIS. KLEIN HIMSELF HAS REFUSED TO COMMENT.

The wire services declined to carry the unsubstantiated news bulletin. However, the story was trending on Twitter and Facebook, and comments were running two to one against Klein. Some of the comments against him were quite inflammatory, but were not removed by either of the social media platforms. Facebook explained that in the absence of clear and immediate threats of bodily injury, the right of free speech of all members must be respected.

When asked about the story in his press conference this afternoon, President Baker said, and shortly thereafter repeated on his Twitter account, “I know all about this guy. It’ll take a lot more than Jerky Jake to stop me from being reelected, but that doesn’t lessen the seriousness of his treacherous and treasonous conduct. Nothing is more important than the right of our citizens to know that the elections of our public officials are carried out with integrity and without fraudulent and undue influence.”